Monday, May 23, 2016

Atma Mundi Ensemble - The Road to Skitacha (2016)


Genre: World Fusion
GAB's RATING:
★★★☆☆  


World music capturing musical heritage from different areas and cultures of our planet and combining it with modern jazz using vast instrumentation.It is meant to be a project not only confined to music but expanded to all means of art.

All songs were written as a musical statement which clearly denotes the uniqueness and importance of traditional music, both as a point of departure in a compositional process which has led to these songs and also as a part of  human cultural heritage . These compositions are original works but all of them are rooted into various musical traditions and are representing an idea of musical bonding between different areas and cultures of our planet.
Bonus track is a recording we all became very emotionally attached to, being the last recording of such a great artist like Arsen Dedic was. This version of  “1947” was taken from the project “Sergio Endrigo – Momenti di jazz” produced by Alberto Zeppieri for “Musica Jazz – Italy” (MJ 1298).
Big thanks to Simone,Borko, Mirko, Matija and Francesco for giving their energy into my music.Another big thanks to all the people who were a part of the making process of this album.This music is dedicated to bringing more peace and love to our planet, Earth.  Zoran Majstorovic